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former white house correspondent savannah guthrie and david gregory. they've both moved on to other day jobs since. let's talk about the first lady and the role this puts her in. >> this was someone who was kind of thrust into public life and not enthused about this public role. i talked to an aide today, who said, she's comfortable with the fact that her kids are okay. they're being raised up in as normal a situation as they can be. that's allowed her to expand her horizons. you used to hear white house aids grumble she didn't get out on the campaign trail as much as they'd like. i had one tell me today, she gave us more dates on the campaign trail than we expected or hoped for. and they also say, it goes without saying, she appeals to women, certainly, minority voters. there's no audience they wouldn't be comfortable putting her in front of right now. >> david, let's talk about the keynote, there are some who predict they will take texas and turn it purple and eventually blue in the next couple of years. >> they want to highlight the young mayor juli
former white house correspondent savannah guthrie and david gregory. they've both moved on to other day jobs since. let's talk about the first lady and the role this puts her in. >> this was someone who was kind of thrust into public life and not enthused about this public role. i talked to an aide today, who said, she's comfortable with the fact that her kids are okay. they're being raised up in as normal a situation as they can be. that's allowed her to expand her horizons. you used to...
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savannah guthrie, tom brokaw here with us in the studio. earlier tonight you were saying life can be measured in terms of the finite number of moments and we're on the heels of one tonight. >> yeah. in a political campaign like this there are only a handful of really big moments. this is one of them. it's an opportunity. four long years of tough economy. there's a time when voters kind of tune out the president. he'll have their attention tonight. advisers are thrilled that president clinton gave that speech last night. they say he made a defense of the first four years that the president couldn't have given himself, but tonight is a night for something that only the president can do and that is to say, where will he lead the country? advisers know he's got to put some meat on the bones. he's got to lay out some kind of agenda and make a compelling case for what is the unfinished business of the obama presidency. >> and tom brokaw, because so much of life comes back to baseball, have the team members on the democrats given their starting pi
savannah guthrie, tom brokaw here with us in the studio. earlier tonight you were saying life can be measured in terms of the finite number of moments and we're on the heels of one tonight. >> yeah. in a political campaign like this there are only a handful of really big moments. this is one of them. it's an opportunity. four long years of tough economy. there's a time when voters kind of tune out the president. he'll have their attention tonight. advisers are thrilled that president...
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for starters in the booth, tom brokaw, david gregory, savannah guthrie. david, we heard the jimmy carter tribute, ted kennedy tribute, mayor, governor of massachusetts lit up the crowd. how would you put the excitement level vis-a-vis tampa? >> it is high. on night one. enthusiasm is key. mayor castro, so important for team obama to be able to energize core supporters, hispanic voters, women, younger voters. a lot of this is about giving the president a second look by all the voters to get that excitement. >> tom, as you know, a set of things a politician walks around knowing. price of a gallon of milk. price of a gallon of gas. and the answer to are you better off? the question ronald reagan knocked out of the park. having said that, the democrats have a messaging problem before this got under way. >> they did over the weekend. i think over the course of this campaign that will be translated into the two halves of the campaign coin. mr. romney's case against barack obama will be translated into look what he has done to you. on the other hand, president o
for starters in the booth, tom brokaw, david gregory, savannah guthrie. david, we heard the jimmy carter tribute, ted kennedy tribute, mayor, governor of massachusetts lit up the crowd. how would you put the excitement level vis-a-vis tampa? >> it is high. on night one. enthusiasm is key. mayor castro, so important for team obama to be able to energize core supporters, hispanic voters, women, younger voters. a lot of this is about giving the president a second look by all the voters to...
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chicago mayor rahm emanuel speaks to savannah guthrie after rallying support for barack obama at yesterday's democratic national convention, and actress demi lovato shares secrets from "the x factor" judges' table. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
chicago mayor rahm emanuel speaks to savannah guthrie after rallying support for barack obama at yesterday's democratic national convention, and actress demi lovato shares secrets from "the x factor" judges' table. >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one....
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savannah guthrie reports live from north carolina where democrats are gearing up for their national convention. >>> and jamie lee curtis will be live in studio talking about her new children's book, "my brave year of firsts." >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com
savannah guthrie reports live from north carolina where democrats are gearing up for their national convention. >>> and jamie lee curtis will be live in studio talking about her new children's book, "my brave year of firsts." >>> and now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. the day, today on your nbc...
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>> well, i think savannah said it a couple of minutes ago. this is going to be a very honest conversation, certainly to our supporters who are here and watching around the country. but it's a speech really for all americans. he's the president of the united states of america and he's looking forward to having a chance to make his case directly to the american people for why he deserves to be re-elected president. it's been a great convention, it's been electric, and i think it's crystallizing, the choice that's really before the american people. >> the bob woodward book is coming out, and in it apparently the white house staff is in for a good savaging during the economic debacle. you, i guess, have to play mistake-free ball now for 60 days, hope for nothing but positive coverage. >> look, the president is prepared to roll up his sleeves and work very hard over the next 60 days just as he has over the course of his presidency. often things happen that are unpredictable. the weather was unpredictable tonight. but you know what, if you listen t
>> well, i think savannah said it a couple of minutes ago. this is going to be a very honest conversation, certainly to our supporters who are here and watching around the country. but it's a speech really for all americans. he's the president of the united states of america and he's looking forward to having a chance to make his case directly to the american people for why he deserves to be re-elected president. it's been a great convention, it's been electric, and i think it's...
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savannah, you look at that implosion video. someone clearly forgot to do the old which way was the wind going? we'll show you more of that in just a little while. >>> meanwhile, president obama already had a lot of pressure on him with his speech tonight. now he's got a really tough act to follow after what was an enthusiastic and powerful endorsement from former president bill clinton. >> this was a speech that was supposed to last about 28 minutes. it went on for 48 minutes, and that's because he ad libbed quite a bit of it. i'm told by those who worked with him he actually added back in things that had been taken out for time. the former president vowed the economy would get better in a second term. chelsea clinton was there in the audience. hillary clinton was traveling and did not see the speech live but later watched it from the ambassador residence on a computer via slingbox. i was told can you see the picture of her expression there that she may not have blinked during the entire speech. she didn't know president obama
savannah, you look at that implosion video. someone clearly forgot to do the old which way was the wind going? we'll show you more of that in just a little while. >>> meanwhile, president obama already had a lot of pressure on him with his speech tonight. now he's got a really tough act to follow after what was an enthusiastic and powerful endorsement from former president bill clinton. >> this was a speech that was supposed to last about 28 minutes. it went on for 48 minutes,...
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p >> savannah, it's pragmatism. i'll give you a clear example from history, recent history. 1995, republicans shut the government down no one would buy their technology. a huge debate over medicare, sound familiar, education, sound familiar, medicaid, the environment, the role of government. election happened, president clinton won. nine months later you had a balanced budget agreement that created the first children's health care program. doubled the size of our national parks, balanced the budget, cut taxes for families to send kids to college with hope scholarship and lifetime learning. same parallel president obama makes president clinton made election of '96 cleared the air. the american people issued a verdict and republicans sat down at the table rather than shut the government down they negotiated a change of direction. >> favorite parlor game, will hillary run in 2016. you've worked for obamas and clintons. care to venture a guess. >> i think you have to assume mrs. clinton has been clear, i think she has s
p >> savannah, it's pragmatism. i'll give you a clear example from history, recent history. 1995, republicans shut the government down no one would buy their technology. a huge debate over medicare, sound familiar, education, sound familiar, medicaid, the environment, the role of government. election happened, president clinton won. nine months later you had a balanced budget agreement that created the first children's health care program. doubled the size of our national parks, balanced...
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good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. they begin the convention with a direct appeal to the voting groups crucial to the president's re-election, women and latinos. >> preparing for a prime time speech first lady arrived in charlotte surveying the stage where she'll address delegates and doing on the campaign trail what she's been doing for her husband, women's election issues. >> this is a choice about women and families. >> reporter: michelle obama will be preceded by the keynote speaker, the 37-year-old mayor of san antonio, hullian castro. as they gear up they are put on the defensive over an argument. >> the president will say a lot of things, and he will, but he can't tell you you're better off. >> reporter: campaigning in the shadow, paul ryan attempted to channel the ousted president in 1980. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> reporter: over the weekend democrats at first struggled to answer that famous question. >> can you honestly say people are better off today than they were four years ago?
good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. they begin the convention with a direct appeal to the voting groups crucial to the president's re-election, women and latinos. >> preparing for a prime time speech first lady arrived in charlotte surveying the stage where she'll address delegates and doing on the campaign trail what she's been doing for her husband, women's election issues. >> this is a choice about women and families. >> reporter: michelle obama...